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Ego Bidding: Why Paying for #1 Position on Google Costs You More Than You Think

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In the process of managing search marketing campaigns for clients, we occasionally run into situations where client management is dictating that their company “own” certain key search terms on Google. At the number one position, conversions (the ratio of clicks to leads) are generally lower and acquisition cost more expensive.

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Help Your Favorite Local Businesses Get Found on Google

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According to various industry statistics, a large percentage of consumer search activity is related to location. By one account , more than 97 percent of all consumers use the Internet when researching products or services in their local area, of whom 90 percent use search engines. photos and videos. hours of operation. •

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Video Tech Company Leverages SEM to Drive Enterprise Leads

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In 2015, JW Player piloted a small-scale, in-house SEM program on Google AdWords to gauge the potential efficacy of using search advertising to drive qualified leads for its enterprise video platform. What I’ve appreciated in working with Spear is that they share that same ROI focus – which you don’t always see in search agencies.

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5 Simple PPC Landing Page Changes that May Improve Your Quality Score

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As most PPC advertisers already know, Google’s Quality Score measures what Google perceives to be the quality of your keyword ads. Google also defines the key factors through which an advertiser can improve that landing page experience.

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5 Reasons to Include Branded Terms in Your Paid Search Campaign

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A client writes: “If we include our company and product names as keywords in our PPC (paid search) campaign, won’t we simply be cannibalizing our SEO effort, i.e. paying for clicks that we otherwise would have generated for free?” Answer: It’s true that you may have generated Web traffic from the same people anyway, but there [.].

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How One SaaS Company Doubled their Lead Volume from Paid Search

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What does a software company do when their paid search program is working well but just not generating enough leads? By most metrics, Navicure’s paid search campaign was working well, generating a handful of leads each month at a cost per lead at or below industry standards. Improve tracking to better measure PPC effectiveness.

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Infographic: Top 10 B2B Paid Search Mistakes

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If your Google AdWords campaign isn’t generating the type of lead volume, lead quality, or ROI that it should, it’s highly likely that the campaign is suffering from common missteps that plague many B2B paid search programs. Based on our experience, here are the most common paid search mistakes made by B2B marketers.